Quantification of Patient and Equipment Handling for Nurses through Direct Observation and Subjective Perceptions

Table 1

Demographic and anthropometry (average and standard deviation) information as a function of intensive care unit and overall.

Unit	Gender (male/female)	Age (years)	Experience in nursing (years)	Tenure at current position (years)	Standing height (cm)	Body weight (kg)
Medical ICU MICU ()	3 male/7 female	34.7 (12.4)	8.8 (10.9)	4.5 (1.2)	67.0 (4.4)	163.3 (50.0)
Neurosurgical NSICU ()	1 male/2 female	30.3 (5.7)	2.5 (2.2)	2.5 (2.2)	68.3 (2.3)	180 (50.7)
Surgical SICU ()	2 male/5 female	33.6 (12.1)	4.9 (5.1)	2.8 (1.9)	66.9 (3.7)	166.7 (30.7)
Total ()	6 male/14 female	33.7 (11.2)	6.5 (8.4)	6.0 (5.2)	67.2 (3.8)	167 (42.2)